Guest blog – Is it really too late to save the Scottish wildcat? by Dominic Woodfield

Dominic Woodfield is the Managing Director of Bioscan, a long established and well-respected consultancy specialising in applied ecology. He is not a wildcat specialist, but has significant experience of working with rare and protected species and is currently instructed by Wildcat Haven to advise on regulatory and ecological matters, including on the methodology for their…

Sunday book review – Wild Farming by Robin Page

It would be fair to ask what this book is about: and that is a question to which there is no easy answer. The first part of the answer is that it is not the book pictured above envisaged by booksellers (eg see here, here, here), and indeed Quiller (the intended publisher) who claimed Wild…

Tim Melling – Curlew Sandpiper

Tim writes: this was the first time I had managed a decent shot of a Curlew Sandpiper.  I took it at Adwick washlands near Barnsley early morning in September.  The sun was shining without a breath of wind and this Curlew Sandpiper was close.  The water surface was rippleless creating perfect mirrored reflections.  I managed…

Back in the garden

Our live Christmas tree is back in the garden again. One wonders what it will see over the next 11 months or so. The male Blackcap is currently a frequent daily visitor to fat balls. Will he still be around, will he turn up, for Big Garden Birdwatch on 29-31 January?

87 Beavers memorial calendar

Thank you to the friend who sent me this calendar – it’s very attractive and proceeds go to support the Scottish Beaver Group.

This doesn’t look good.

I guess the only question really is whether the Prime Minister is lying to business leaders, or to the EU, or to the British public but the likely answer is that he is lying to everyone.